Forgive me if this sounds like an advertisement or some sort of paid endorsement. It's not. Jerry's Art Arama is, for this artist, more than a corporate entity that merchandises the art supplies we use. They're real people who dig art and have made a business from supporting that which they love. I was discovered by one of the owners of Jerry's on the streets of New York. And shortly thereafter he and his wife began to collect my art. They never tried to pressure me to switch from purchasing my supplies from "The House the Oyster Built." Instead, they just offered to be a resource for exposing me to new products and supplies, and... [More]

Forgive me if this sounds like an advertisement or some sort of paid endorsement. It's not. Jerry's Art Arama is, for this artist, more than a corporate entity that merchandises the art supplies we use. They're real people who dig art and have made a business from supporting that which they love. I was discovered by one of the owners of Jerry's on the streets of New York. And shortly thereafter he and his wife began to collect my art. They never tried to pressure me to switch from purchasing my supplies from "The House the Oyster Built." Instead, they just offered to be a resource for exposing me to new products and supplies, and... [More]

Still life is one of my favorite subject matters. For me, it's the challenge of capturing the realism of the objects involved. Quite often, I will utilize the Old Masters' "indirect" approach of laying down a "grisaille" underpainting, then layering glazes and applying final highlights. There's no question that this is a very effective method which yields very convincing results. However, there are times when I take a more "direct" approach, as in the sample shown herein. This painting was rendered "alla prima" ( basically wet-on-wet ) on a Black Acrylic Gesso primed canvas. I used no preliminary sketch, but rather laid out th... [More]